diff --git a/CordovaLib/Classes/Public/CDVViewController.m b/CordovaLib/Classes/Public/CDVViewController.m
index 3eaa72b6c..cd3bc9a12 100644
--- a/CordovaLib/Classes/Public/CDVViewController.m
+++ b/CordovaLib/Classes/Public/CDVViewController.m
@@ -501,18 +501,36 @@ - (void)createLaunchView
     webViewBounds.origin = self.view.bounds.origin;
 
     UIView* view = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:webViewBounds];
+    view.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = NO;
     [view setAlpha:0];
 
     NSString* launchStoryboardName = [[NSBundle mainBundle] objectForInfoDictionaryKey:@"UILaunchStoryboardName"];
     if (launchStoryboardName != nil) {
         UIStoryboard* storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:launchStoryboardName bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]];
         UIViewController* vc = [storyboard instantiateInitialViewController];
+        [self addChildViewController:vc];
 
-        [view addSubview:vc.view];
+        UIView* imgView = vc.view;
+        imgView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = NO;
+        [view addSubview:imgView];
+
+        [NSLayoutConstraint activateConstraints:@[
+                [NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:imgView attribute:NSLayoutAttributeWidth relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual toItem:view attribute:NSLayoutAttributeWidth multiplier:1 constant:0],
+                [NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:imgView attribute:NSLayoutAttributeHeight relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual toItem:view attribute:NSLayoutAttributeHeight multiplier:1 constant:0],
+                [NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:imgView attribute:NSLayoutAttributeCenterY relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual toItem:view attribute:NSLayoutAttributeCenterY multiplier:1 constant:0],
+                [NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:imgView attribute:NSLayoutAttributeCenterX relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual toItem:view attribute:NSLayoutAttributeCenterX multiplier:1 constant:0]
+            ]];
     }
 
     self.launchView = view;
     [self.view addSubview:view];
+
+    [NSLayoutConstraint activateConstraints:@[
+            [NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:view attribute:NSLayoutAttributeWidth relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual toItem:self.view attribute:NSLayoutAttributeWidth multiplier:1 constant:0],
+            [NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:view attribute:NSLayoutAttributeHeight relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual toItem:self.view attribute:NSLayoutAttributeHeight multiplier:1 constant:0],
+            [NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:view attribute:NSLayoutAttributeCenterY relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual toItem:self.view attribute:NSLayoutAttributeCenterY multiplier:1 constant:0],
+            [NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:view attribute:NSLayoutAttributeCenterX relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual toItem:self.view attribute:NSLayoutAttributeCenterX multiplier:1 constant:0]
+        ]];
 }
 
 - (void)createGapView